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The lonesome farm
The lonesome farm
marcusvdt


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Hidden Gem -- 1,000th Challenge! (Advanced Editing VII*)
Camera: Panasonic DMC-FZ50
Location: Fazendinha Morro Pelado, Aguas de Lindoia, SP, BR
Date: Feb 28, 2009
Aperture: F10
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/20 1/40 1/80
Galleries: Landscape, Nature
Date Uploaded: Mar 6, 2009

 My first attempt to do a real HDR, made from 3 exposures. Hope this don't get too bad. And hope too for useful comments.

Combined 3 photos on Photomatix.
Combined again on PSP12 to choose the sky from the middle exposed photo.
Levels.
HSL.
Negative layer techinique.
High Radius USM.
Neat Image.
Cloned out some power lines and some distracting sky on the upper left.
Neat Image on the lake.
HSL to reduce saturation.
Resize.
USM.

Statistics
Place: 473 out of 1129
Avg (all users): 5.7158
Avg (commenters): 6.1961
Avg (participants): 5.6691
Avg (non-participants): 5.9857
Views since voting: 791
Views during voting: 659
Votes: 475
Comments: 53
Favorites: 0

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
03/17/2009 07:05:12 PM
Oh this reminds me of the "Shire" in Lord of the Rings. I think I can spot a Hobbit... Really cool shot! Love the HDR effect. The perspective and sharpening method here makes it look like a "miniature" landscape. The sky is amazing.
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 03/17/2009 07:01:24 PM
Great colors, I lvoe the detail. Nice work.
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 03/17/2009 01:32:31 PM
This would be an excellent source image for processing into a "fake miniature" picture.
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 03/17/2009 12:07:06 PM
Looks right out of a storybook! Wonderful sceneic capture. 7
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 03/17/2009 10:23:06 AM
Marcus, you did a nice job on your final version!
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 03/17/2009 06:33:28 AM
Why lonesome? Nice photo - nice place!
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 03/16/2009 07:05:25 PM
This is a very interesting looking farm. Good saturation and strong clouds.
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 03/16/2009 06:50:00 PM
Wonderful colors and sky.
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 03/16/2009 04:05:02 PM
Not sharp enough in the distance and that's where my eye goes first... searching for the resting place/subject.

Not voting yet.
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 03/16/2009 12:33:41 AM
Awesome capture and presentation. Gorgeous.
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 03/16/2009 12:01:37 AM
nice shot
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 03/15/2009 08:40:35 PM
Great colour, and DOF. When I first looked at it, it looked like a model set.
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 03/15/2009 06:57:58 PM
The greens & yellows are a tad oversaturated. 6
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 03/15/2009 09:37:33 AM
very nice documentary landscape, the colours are so vivid
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 03/15/2009 06:38:02 AM
Good composition and colors
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 03/15/2009 06:29:07 AM
Very nice image. It's good to see a few "great" images. This is a perfect reflection of your abilities as a photographer.
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 03/15/2009 05:43:34 AM
I love the colors here. Nice job.
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 03/15/2009 03:57:07 AM
Nice looking place. Shot is a bit over processed, maybe.
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 03/15/2009 03:30:56 AM
Such a nice scene but the focus looks a little soft unfortunately and the greens look a bit unnatural.
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 03/15/2009 01:30:16 AM
great colours
6
brano
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 03/14/2009 11:26:13 PM
Lovely color. Looks like a nice place.
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 03/14/2009 08:01:17 PM
rich colors
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 03/14/2009 06:20:06 PM
cool sky, nice reflection
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 03/14/2009 01:26:17 PM
A beautiful farm! Gorgeous colorus and what a sky.
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 03/14/2009 12:33:05 PM
pretty scene with wonderful colors and good composition and dof. 6
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 03/14/2009 11:37:32 AM
A lovely scene. To oversaturated for me.
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 03/14/2009 09:46:33 AM
Dramatic. What a day to get this without a lot of bright reflections.
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 03/14/2009 09:34:53 AM
Excellent picture, love the color and detail.
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 03/14/2009 07:17:51 AM
this is really pretty...but I think you pushed the colors just a tad to much...it has an unnatural glow
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 03/14/2009 05:26:53 AM
Lovely light and beautiful green colors. I like red colored road here.
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 03/14/2009 02:31:05 AM
I don't understand. What's lonesome about it? There are like 3 other dwellings in the frame.

Nice colors.
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 03/13/2009 11:55:03 PM
A bit over-processed
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 03/13/2009 11:27:33 PM
The processing - the brightness and saturation particularly - are a bit much for my tastes. The composition is good though, with the sweep of the hill leading the eye down to the farm.
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 03/13/2009 09:22:48 AM
What gorgeous color! Very nice capture.
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 03/13/2009 09:03:28 AM
Great sense of depth in this image. The colors are wonderful. The sky looks like a painted background and the farm like a little model.
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 03/13/2009 08:46:58 AM
Nice landscape
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 03/13/2009 08:32:54 AM
I really like this! If only the water were any color but brown! Has a very surreal look to it though.
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 03/13/2009 07:21:41 AM
It really looks like a storybook farm, what a great place :)
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 03/13/2009 06:05:14 AM
The rich emerald green and blue sky- what a lovely scene.
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 03/12/2009 03:57:28 PM
Nice composition. I probably would have cloned out the railing thing on the left in the grass area but nice lighting and colors.
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 03/12/2009 01:47:24 PM
great capture
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 03/12/2009 10:28:35 AM
Colors are very vivid, nice clouds.
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 03/12/2009 10:27:50 AM
Perfect sky and clouds, perfect greens, perfect little pond... This is like a puzzle where every piece fell into place.
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 03/12/2009 09:44:16 AM
Good pic but an average shot.
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 03/11/2009 09:54:11 PM
Beautiful place.
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 03/11/2009 09:31:26 PM
wish i were here
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 03/11/2009 08:02:11 PM
So much to see, but am not distracted in the least. Just lovely.
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 03/11/2009 01:47:10 PM
Reminds me a bit of somewhere Hobbits might be found.
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 03/11/2009 12:37:15 PM
Now thats a place I could live, fantastic.
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 03/11/2009 11:54:22 AM
This photo seems very fairytale like.
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 03/11/2009 06:43:01 AM
great colors ... this photo has pop.
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 03/11/2009 06:21:25 AM
nice colors
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 03/11/2009 03:40:51 AM
I like all the different levels of the buildings and the winding roads between
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